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| Composer : | Bizet, Georges (1838 - 1875) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Horn in F | ||||
| Style : | Classical | ||||
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| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
| Copyright : | Copyright © Alastair Lewis | ||||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 05 Aug 2011 The opera "Carmen" was written by the French composer Georges Bizet. The opera is in four acts and the libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, who based their work on a novella of the same title by the author Prosper Mérimée. Carmen was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875. It was not very successful and its initial run only consisted of 36 performances. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, and thus never saw the opera's eventual popularity. The tune "Avec la garde montante" occurs in the first act : A group of soldiers relaxes in the square while waiting for the changing of the guard. A village maiden called Micaëla approaches the guards and asks to speak to the Corporal of Dragoons, José. A soldier tells her that "José is not yet on duty" and invites her to wait with them, to which she declines saying she will return later. José then arrives with the new guard, which is greeted and imitated by a group of urchins singing "Avec la garde montante" which in English means "With the new guard". This is a free sheet music for solo french horn. Sheet central : | Carmen (138 sheet music) | | |||
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